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a row, I always think that that is the best piece o£ work I 

 have done during the course of my long life. It was 

 Prof. Newton^s idea to establish the Journal, but I think 

 I may claim the next place in carrying the idea out. Now 

 forty-three years at the Zoological Society, spent in the 

 management and improvement of its affairs, was not a bad 

 piece of work ; but I look upon my connexion with ' The 

 Ibis ' with still greater satisfaction, and I thank you all for 

 this Medal Avhich you have given me. (Cheers.) 



Mr. Upchek : I have great pleasure in presenting the next 

 Medal to Mr. W. H. Hudleston. 



(The Medal was then presented.) 



Mr. Hudleston : Mr. President and Brothers, — I look 

 upon this Medal as a premium upon longevity, and I 

 accept it in lieu of an '^ Old Age Pension.'^ (Applause.) 

 At the same time, I feel deeply grateful to all the 

 Members of our Union for this honourable acknowledg- 

 ment, this most delightful acknowledgment, as it Avere, that 

 I am one of the survivors of the original Members of 

 the B. O. U. It calls to mind old friends, more especially 

 our two friends who are distinguished throughout the whole 

 of the British Ornithologists' Union. It calls to mind, 

 amongst other things, the very earh^ days of the association, 

 days Avhen I was associated with Tristram, Salvin, Newton, 

 and Wolley; and I think I can offer an explanation, to a 

 certain extent, of the idea which has gone abroad in some 

 way that the British Ornithologists' Union Avas founded in 

 the County of Durham. The fact is, that when Newton and 

 Wolley returned from their expedition to Iceland in the 

 summer of 1858, one of them on his way south called upon 

 Tristram at his house in Durham, and it Avas there that 

 they consulted together as to the foundation of the Union 

 which has already been spoken about. I think that after 

 that there Avas a meeting at Leeds, to Avhich Dr. Sclater has 

 alluded ; and I have letters in my possession from three, at 

 any rate, of these members of the Union, in which they 



